The Saudi Arabia’s former ambassador to Afghanistan has said during the last two decades Saudi Arabia has fully trusted the Afghanistan and Pakistan policies, but Pakistan’s recent support of Taliban and Muslim Brotherhood related extremist groups raised Afghanis anger against the policies.

Mr. Mesfer bin Abdur Rahman Al-Ghaseb added that they will also bolster relations with Afghanistan in the future.

Mr. ambassador also emphasized that, “Saudi Arabia’s policies in Afghanistan will not necessarily in line with Islam Abad’s, despite the shared interests we may have in Afghanistan including the Afghan Pashtuns who always been our concern.”

The Ambassador went on to say: “Around 300 to 500 thousand Afghanis having Pakistani passport are working in Saudi Arabia, and Kabul officials always demanded to make independent relations with Riyadh without Islam Abad’s collaboration.”